Clothes-line attachment.



, W. F. SHOLL.

CLOTHES LINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man on. 30. m5.

1 ,TTAM. Patented Dec. 14,1915.

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH C0.- WASIIINGTON. I C.

WILLIAM F. SI-IOLL, OF HUBBELL, NEBRASKA.

CLOTHES-LINE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. Ml, 1915..

Application filed October 30, 1915. Serial No. 58,810.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM F. SI-IOLL, citizen of the United States, residing at Hubbell, in the county of Thayer and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Tmpro ements in Clothes-Line Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an attachment for clothesline in the form of a hanger which can" be readily connected to or re moved from the line, and by means of which the line capacity is greatly increased.

The invention consists especially in the novel construction by means of which the hanger is secured and supported from the line, said construction being designed to afford easy appliance of the device, and at the same time is so constructed that when applied it will not be likely to become disconnected during windy weather.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device in position upon the line. Fig. 2 is an end view, the attaching means being spread apart to receive the line. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a central supporting member.

In the drawings 1 designates a clothesline upon which my attachment is supported. The hanger consists of a substantially rectangular wire frame having the side members 2. These are formed of separate pieces of wire and at the ends are bent inwardly and upwardly and secured together thereby forming A-shaped end members. At one end the wires 3 are connected by coiling one, the shorter one, about the longer one, and the latter is extended upwardly and terminates in hook 4 adapted to engage the clothesline. At the opposite end an entirely different construction is employed. One of the end members 5 is provided with an upwardly extending offset portion 6 the upper end of which is bent over to form a suitable hook member. The other end member 7 is coiled about the member 5 at the point of offset and is then carried upwardly as shown at 8 and also bent at the end to form a hook, these hook portions extending in opposite directions, and normally overlapping so that the members 6 and 8 form practically a closed link or loop. A. transverse bar 9 is provided at its ends with eyes and is slidable along the members 2 of the frame, and said bar is also bent to form a suitable eye midway its ends, and a hook member 10 adapted to engage the clothesline is also provided at its lower end with an eye that loosely engages the intermediate eye of the bar 9.

In use the hook 4 is engaged with the clothesline, and by slightly spreading apart the members .2 the end members 6 and 8 will assume an open position as shown in Fig. 2 so that this end of the hanger when lifted upwardly will. cause the hook portions of the members 6 and 8 to pass the clothesline. The natural resilience of the frame 2 readily permits this spreading movement and at the same time causes the parts to spring back to normal position when released. Articles of clothing can then be hung upon the members 2 as indicated by dotted lines and the bar 9 and hook 10 will serve to prevent any sagging of the central portion of the frame. Furthermore the weight of the articles hung upon the members 2 will serve to close tighter the loop formed by the members 6 and 8 when in closed position. The fact therefore that the line is practically inclosed by a continuous link or loop makes it impossible for the hanger to be accidentally detached or unhooked from the line. It is of course obvious that these hangers may be of any length and any number of them may be used and if desired they can be interlinked or secured together in any suitable manner. It will also be obvious that the end construction shown in Fig. 2 may be used at both ends of the frame if desired. I do not claim the construction of such a hanger or its use broadly as I am aware of the fact that attachments in the way of rectangular frames have been suspended by means of hooks from clotheslines for the purpose of increasing the capacity of a comparatively short line.

What I claim is:

1. A hanger of the kind described comprising fiexible side members and A-shaped end members, one of said end members having two offset upwardly extending portions bent oppositely at their free ends to form normally overlapping hooks, one of said offset portions being bent to form a coil at the point of offset, the other offset portion pass ing loosely through said coil. and means for connecting the opposite end portions to a elotheslinei the line passing also between the offset upright portions.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a wire frame having side members formed of separate pieces and bent to form end members adapted for engagement with a clothesline, one of said end members comprising upwardly and inwardly extending end portions. each of which are offset, thence extended upwardly and bent to form a hook, one of said end portions being loosely coiled about the other at the offset point, and the hooks carried by the upright portions extending in opposite direction and normally overlapping to form a closed loop, said loop being open at its upper end upon spreading apart the side members of the frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

lVILLIAM F. SHOLL.

lVitnesses CASPER MoGovnRN, D. J. BALDWIN.

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Washington, D. C. 

